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Income and happiness: earning and spending as sources of discontent

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  • Kaun, David E., 2005. "Income and happiness: earning and spending as sources of discontent," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 161-177, March.
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